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WKU Tops Kentucky 35-26 in Season Opener for Bothhttp://wbkr.com/wku-tops-kentucky-35-26-in-season-opener-for-both/
http://wbkr.com/wku-tops-kentucky-35-26-in-season-opener-for-both/#commentsSun, 01 Sep 2013 04:41:34 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=196774Continue reading…]]>History repeated itself Saturday night at LP Field in Nashville when, for the second year in a row, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers began their football season with a victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

]]>http://wbkr.com/wku-tops-kentucky-35-26-in-season-opener-for-both/feed/0Google Street ViewEmergency! Emergency! WKU Needs Help Beating the Kansas Jayhawks Tonight [VIDEO]http://wbkr.com/emergency-emergency-wku-needs-help-beating-the-kansas-jayhawks-tonight-video/
http://wbkr.com/emergency-emergency-wku-needs-help-beating-the-kansas-jayhawks-tonight-video/#commentsFri, 22 Mar 2013 17:16:20 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=159602Continue reading…]]>When I was a kid, there was a show that ran seven years on NBC called Emergency! It was an action-adventure medical drama about the Los Angeles Fire Department's Station 51 and Rampart Hospital and how the staffs of each worked to rescue people and save lives.

]]>http://wbkr.com/emergency-emergency-wku-needs-help-beating-the-kansas-jayhawks-tonight-video/feed/0Paging Dr. Brackett! (YouTube)Despite Petrino Hire, WKU Athletics Seem to Be in a Precarious Position [VIDEO]http://wbkr.com/despite-petrino-hire-wku-athletics-seem-to-be-in-a-precarious-position-video/
http://wbkr.com/despite-petrino-hire-wku-athletics-seem-to-be-in-a-precarious-position-video/#commentsTue, 11 Dec 2012 22:46:22 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=135137Continue reading…]]>Western Kentucky University, my alma mater, has a new head football coach. He is former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino, famous, recently, for a motorcycle ride with a lovely woman who wasn't his wife.

]]>http://wbkr.com/despite-petrino-hire-wku-athletics-seem-to-be-in-a-precarious-position-video/feed/0YouTube"Ghost Hunters" Comes to WKU [Video]http://wbkr.com/ghost-hunters-comes-to-wku-video/
http://wbkr.com/ghost-hunters-comes-to-wku-video/#commentsMon, 19 Nov 2012 06:00:43 +0000Chadwick Benefieldhttp://wbkr.com/?p=129495Continue reading…]]>This Wednesday, Ghost Hunters is airing an episode filmed at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. We have a sneak preview for you here at WBKR.com. Take a look at "Higher Dead-ucation!"

]]>http://wbkr.com/ghost-hunters-comes-to-wku-video/feed/0(Image from Ghost Hunters official website)Western Kentucky Honors Owensboro High School Studentshttp://wbkr.com/western-kentucky-honors-owensboro-high-school-students/
http://wbkr.com/western-kentucky-honors-owensboro-high-school-students/#commentsWed, 31 Oct 2012 17:25:24 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://1490womi.com/?p=92180Continue reading…]]>Western Kentucky University honored students from various Owensboro area high schools for their academic achievements. This year’s group has an average ACT composite score of 29.42 and grade-point average of 3.87

]]>http://wbkr.com/western-kentucky-honors-owensboro-high-school-students/feed/0WKU Swimmer Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Teamhttp://wbkr.com/wku-swimmer-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team/
http://wbkr.com/wku-swimmer-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team/#commentsWed, 27 Jun 2012 00:52:02 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=76190Continue reading…]]>With the conclusion of the women's 100-meter butterfly in the 2012 Olympic swimming trials, Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer will be joined by Western Kentucky University's Claire Donahue on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team! (Cue Jaclyn singing the WKU fight song in the background.)

]]>http://wbkr.com/wku-swimmer-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team/feed/0L-R: Claire Donahue (with back to camera), Dana Vollmer. (Al Bello/Getty Images)Three Area ROTC Students Among Twenty Commissioned at WKUhttp://wbkr.com/three-area-rotc-students-among-twenty-commissioned-at-wku/
http://wbkr.com/three-area-rotc-students-among-twenty-commissioned-at-wku/#commentsWed, 09 May 2012 16:19:40 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://wbkr.com/?p=63279Continue reading…]]>The Members of the Hilltopper Battalion Army ROTC unit develop a special bond during their four years at Western Kentucky University. That’s especially evident for 20 Army ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as second lieutenants May 11-12 during WKU’s Commencement Weekend. The group includes three from the WBKR listening are

]]>http://wbkr.com/three-area-rotc-students-among-twenty-commissioned-at-wku/feed/0Robert LeGrand, Jessica Howard, Zachary DaughertyKentucky Youth Chorale Has Sung in England and Soon in Owensborohttp://wbkr.com/kentucky-youth-chorale-has-sung-in-england-and-soon-in-owensboro/
http://wbkr.com/kentucky-youth-chorale-has-sung-in-england-and-soon-in-owensboro/#commentsThu, 03 May 2012 16:53:12 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://wbkr.com/?p=61703Continue reading…]]>The Kentucky Youth Chorale is performing their spring concert, FLOWER POWER, at Third Baptist Church in Owensboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22nd. The concert is free and open to the public. Come hear our arrangements of the music of the 60’s and 70’s. The Kentucky Youth Chorale is Western Kentucky’s Youth Choir of note. Students audition for this select group which was chosen to sing in London, England and Canterbury Cathedral last summer.

]]>http://wbkr.com/kentucky-youth-chorale-has-sung-in-england-and-soon-in-owensboro/feed/0Owensboro Student to Bike Across USA for Alzheimer's Awarenesshttp://wbkr.com/owensboro-student-to-bike-across-usa-for-alzheimers-awareness/
http://wbkr.com/owensboro-student-to-bike-across-usa-for-alzheimers-awareness/#commentsSat, 21 Apr 2012 12:14:19 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://wbkr.com/?p=58118Continue reading…]]>An Owensboro student will join a group of 11 Western Kentucky University students to embark on a bike trip across the United States to raise awareness and funding for the Alzheimer’s Association.

]]>http://wbkr.com/owensboro-student-to-bike-across-usa-for-alzheimers-awareness/feed/0Why is Film Director John Carpenter Returning Home? [Videos]http://wbkr.com/why-is-film-director-john-carpenter-returning-home-videos/
http://wbkr.com/why-is-film-director-john-carpenter-returning-home-videos/#commentsTue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:42 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://wbkr.com/?p=57400Continue reading…]]>Award-winning producer, director, writer and composer John Carpenter will be among the guest speakers for the 2012 Western Kentucky Film Festival May 2-4. Carpenter was born in Carthage, NY, but his family mowed to Bowling Green in 1953. He attended Western Kentucky University and returns to the school next month.

]]>http://wbkr.com/why-is-film-director-john-carpenter-returning-home-videos/feed/0Three Area Students in Select Program at Western Kentuckyhttp://wbkr.com/three-area-students-in-select-program-at-western-kentucky/
http://wbkr.com/three-area-students-in-select-program-at-western-kentucky/#commentsThu, 12 Apr 2012 08:55:15 +0000Moon Mullinshttp://wbkr.com/?p=55407Continue reading…]]>The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at WKU has selected 50 students for its Class of 2014. The students in this year’s class span 37 counties from across the Commonwealth. This gifted group of high school sophomores brings with them to the Gatton Academy an average ACT score over 10 points higher than the statewide average for graduating seniors. Students from Owensboro High School and Daviess County High School are included.

]]>http://wbkr.com/three-area-students-in-select-program-at-western-kentucky/feed/0WKU Roars Back From 16 Down, Advances to Play Kentucky…Thanks, Lucky Shirthttp://wbkr.com/wku-roars-back-from-16-down-advances-to-play-kentucky-thanks-lucky-shirt/
http://wbkr.com/wku-roars-back-from-16-down-advances-to-play-kentucky-thanks-lucky-shirt/#commentsWed, 14 Mar 2012 04:38:31 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=47400Continue reading…]]>Here I was, having some dinner, watching Western take on Mississippi Valley State in the first of four NCAA Tournament play-in games. And, with all due respect to my Hilltoppers, it was some of the worst basketball I have ever seen. I was beginning to wonder what the record was for most turnovers in a game. But then...

]]>http://wbkr.com/wku-roars-back-from-16-down-advances-to-play-kentucky-thanks-lucky-shirt/feed/0Photo by Dave SpencerWKU Wins Sun Belt Title as Coach Ray Harper Keeps Proving He Was the Man for the Job [VIDEO]http://wbkr.com/wku-wins-sun-belt-title-coach-ray-harper-keeps-proving-he-was-the-man-for-the-job/
http://wbkr.com/wku-wins-sun-belt-title-coach-ray-harper-keeps-proving-he-was-the-man-for-the-job/#commentsThu, 08 Mar 2012 17:43:41 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=45331Continue reading…]]>When Ken McDonald was hired to replace Darrin Horn as head basketball coach at Western Kentucky University in 2008, I was more focused on the guy who would be sitting next to him during all the subsequent games.

]]>http://wbkr.com/wku-wins-sun-belt-title-coach-ray-harper-keeps-proving-he-was-the-man-for-the-job/feed/0My souvenir Ray Harper Head (Photo by Dave Spencer)Referees at WKU Basketball Game Allow Six Players on Floor for Opponent's Final Possession [VIDEO]http://wbkr.com/referees-at-wku-basketball-game-allow-six-players-on-floor-for-opponents-final-possession-video/
http://wbkr.com/referees-at-wku-basketball-game-allow-six-players-on-floor-for-opponents-final-possession-video/#commentsFri, 06 Jan 2012 21:01:40 +0000Dave Spencerhttp://wbkr.com/?p=30466Continue reading…]]>You've seen a basketball game, right? You know that one team will have five players on the floor. And the OTHER team will have five players on the floor. It's one of the most basic rules that exists in basketball. It's like knowing that in order to drive, you need to have a car. Well, in order to see, APPARENTLY, three Sun Belt Conference referees at last night's Western Kentucky/Louisiana-Lafayette game in Bowling Green need glasses or LASIK surgery or something.